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12 results foundAuthor: Larsen, Jacqueline Joudo Title: Migration and People Trafficking in Southeast Asia Summary: Although the number of identified cases of trafficking into Australia is relatively low, the hidden nature of this crime and reluctance of trafficked persons to report to authorities suggests that a number of cases may go unidentified and the problem may be more extensive than available data indicates. Much can be learned about the risks of exploitation, including trafficking, from an overview of undocumented movement throughout the region. The risk of people being trafficked to Australia is largely mitigated by well-protected borders and economic opportunities in more accessible regions. However, management of the risks of trafficking in the southeast Asian region is connected to strategies that aim to prevent trafficking at source countries and to the activities of Australians and Australian entities in those countries. Characteristics of migration in southeast Asia—such as the role of informal networks in facilitating movement and the exploitation of migrants for non-sex work as well as sex work—hold important implications for Australia’s response to people trafficking. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2010. 6p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 401: Accessed November 29, 2010 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/D/8/6/%7BD868274B-2F97-45DB-BA32-3DBB7290A7C4%7Dtandi401.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Asia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/D/8/6/%7BD868274B-2F97-45DB-BA32-3DBB7290A7C4%7Dtandi401.pdf Shelf Number: 120302 Keywords: Border SecurityHuman Trafficking (Australia)MigrantsMigrationSexual Exploitation |
Author: Simmons, Frances Title: Strengthening Australia's Response to Human Trafficking. Report to the Australian Women's Coalition Summary: The purpose of this report is to provide the Australian Women's Coalition with an overview of the evolution of the Australian Government's response to trafficking since 2004. The report makes recommendations about how to strengthen Australia's response to the emerging issues of labour trafficking, trafficking for forced marriage and the broader issue of criminal exploitation. Details: Sydney: Anti-Slavery Project, 2010. 52p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 11, 2011 at: http://www.awcaus.org.au/resources/documents/TraffickingUpdate-UTS.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://www.awcaus.org.au/resources/documents/TraffickingUpdate-UTS.pdf Shelf Number: 122356 Keywords: Forced LaborForced MarriageHuman Trafficking (Australia) |
Author: Australia. Anti-People Trafficking Interdepartmental Committee Title: Trafficking in Persons: The Australian Government Response, January 2004 - April 2009 Summary: People trafficking is a complex, transnational crime which may have a traumatic and lasting effect on victims. Fortunately, the number of people trafficked into Australia is low compared to many other countries in the world. Nonetheless, the Australian Government is committed to combating all forms of people trafficking, including trafficking for sexual servitude and labour exploitation. Between January 2004 and April 2009, the Australian Federal Police undertook over 270 investigations and assessments of allegations of trafficking-related offences, leading to 34 people being charged and seven convictions. There are five trafficking related matters before the Australian courts. Australia provides a comprehensive range of support services for suspected trafficking victims who are able and willing to assist in a criminal investigation or prosecution. One hundred and thirty-one people have received assistance through the Support for Victims of People Trafficking Program since its inception in January 2004. Most victims of trafficking identified in Australia have been women working in the sex industry. Australia’s anti-people trafficking strategy, which was established in 2003, is founded on three equally important needs: to do as much as we can to prevent people trafficking; to prosecute offenders; and to provide support to victims of trafficking, including by protecting their human rights. Over five years has passed since Australia implemented its anti-people trafficking strategy. The strategy now incorporates the work of around ten Commonwealth Government agencies, including the Australian Federal Police, the Office for Women, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, led by the Attorney-General’s Department as Chair of the Anti-People Trafficking IDC. The Government has implemented a range Details: Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2009. 88p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 3, 2012 at: http://www.ag.gov.au/Documents/IDC%20Annual%20Report_WEB.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Australia URL: http://www.ag.gov.au/Documents/IDC%20Annual%20Report_WEB.pdf Shelf Number: 119340 Keywords: Forced LaborHuman Trafficking (Australia)Sexual Exploitation |
Author: David, Fiona Title: Organised Crime and Trafficking in Persons Summary: The public tends to assume that trafficking in persons is associated with the forced recruitment of women for sexual exploitation by highly organised, criminal gangs. In reality, the modus operandi and individuals involved in trafficking crimes are diverse. Trafficking in persons can and does occur in a range of industries and sectors, and it affects women, men and children. Furthermore, this crime can and has been perpetrated by relatively unsophisticated offenders, including individuals acting alone or with one other person, such as a spouse. All of these factors have implications for prevention, detection and prosecution. In this paper an overview is provided of the existing research on the organisation of human trafficking internationally and in Australia. It begins with an examination of the key concept: precisely what is organised crime? This is followed by an examination of the Australian and international literature on trafficking offending, a review that confirms the paucity of primary research on this subject. This paper is the first publication of a larger research project investigating the nature and characteristics of trafficking offending, with a particular focus on the Australian context. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012. 12p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 436: Accessed July 2, 2012 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/421-440/tandi436.aspx Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/421-440/tandi436.aspx Shelf Number: 125449 Keywords: Human Trafficking (Australia)Organized CrimeSexual Exploitation |
Author: Larsen, Jacqueline Joudo Title: People Trafficking in Australia Summary: The clandestine nature of trafficking in persons means that there is little reliable data about the nature and extent of the crime; however, a picture is emerging of the nature of people trafficking as the number of prosecutions grows. Few of the cases identified in Australia to date fit the traditional stereotypes of the forced movement and confinement of trafficked persons by traffickers. This paper summarises what is currently known about the nature of people trafficking in Australia. It includes an examination of how the reality of people trafficking compares with community perceptions of the crime. The authors note the need to establish reliable data-driven monitoring systems to better assess the nature and extent of trafficking into Australia, and the need to educate the Australian community to improve their understanding, given the important role they play in identifying and supporting trafficking victims. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012. 6p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 441: Accessed July 9, 2012 at: http://aic.gov.au/documents/A/2/1/%7BA219EED2-D27C-4BBF-B99A-4687070C3F7B%7Dtandi441.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://aic.gov.au/documents/A/2/1/%7BA219EED2-D27C-4BBF-B99A-4687070C3F7B%7Dtandi441.pdf Shelf Number: 125509 Keywords: Human Trafficking (Australia)Sexual Exploitation |
Author: Wise Strategic Communication Title: Afghanistan Counter People Smuggling Scoping Study Summary: This study aims to identify the level of situational awareness and both formal and informal communication channels to reach out Hazara population to inform them of the risks associated with illegal immigration to Australia via people-smuggling networks. Details: Canberra: Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, 2010. 64p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 17, 2012 at: http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/FinalReport-WiseStrategicCommunicatoin.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Australia URL: http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/FinalReport-WiseStrategicCommunicatoin.pdf Shelf Number: 125660 Keywords: Border SecurityHuman Trafficking (Australia)Illegal ImmigrantsPeople-Smuggling |
Author: Andrevski, Hannah Title: Barriers to Trafficked Persons' Involvement in Criminal Justice Proceedings: An Indonesian case study Summary: Prosecuting transnational crimes such as people trafficking is a complex and difficult task. It is often the case that the people who have been trafficked are the primary witnesses and provide the bulk of the evidence against a trafficker. Yet for a range of reasons, trafficked persons may be reluctant or unable to participate in criminal investigations and prosecutions. Using data from cases in the International Organization for Migration’s Indonesian Counter-Trafficking Module database, the factors that inhibit a trafficked person’s willingness and ability to be involved in criminal proceedings are assessed and considered within a broader review of current research. An understanding of these factors may assist policymakers and practitioners—both in Australia and throughout the region—to better support trafficked people and increase their willingness and ability to participate in criminal proceedings. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2013. 8p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 451: Accessed May 28, 2013 at: http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tandi_pdf/tandi451.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Australia URL: http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tandi_pdf/tandi451.pdf Shelf Number: 128835 Keywords: Human Trafficking (Australia)Sexual ExploitationVictims of Crime |
Author: Lyneham, Samantha Title: Exploitation of Indonesian Trafficked Men, Women and Children and Implications for Support Summary: Protecting and providing support to victims is a central component of the international and Australian response to combat trafficking in persons. The complex and diverse nature of people trafficking means that victims may experience a range of exploitative conditions across a variety of commercial and domestic settings. In this paper, the support needs of trafficking victims are considered through analysis of their experiences of exploitation and abuse, as contained in the International Organization for Migration’s Indonesia Counter-Trafficking Module database. The complexity and diversity of trafficking and exploitative experiences is reflected in the supports and assistance needs of trafficked persons that appear equally diverse and complex. Clearly, support services must tailor their responses to individual circumstances and needs, and respond using a multifaceted, victim-centred approach. While analysing the experiences of trafficked persons can assist in developing appropriate support services, evaluative research is the next step in ensuring the effectiveness of the supports provided. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2013. 7p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 450: Accessed May 28, 2013 at: http://aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/441-460/tandi450.html Year: 2013 Country: Australia URL: http://aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/441-460/tandi450.html Shelf Number: 128836 Keywords: Human Trafficking (Australia)Sexual ExploitationVictims of Crime |
Author: Larsen, Jacqueline Title: Experiences of Trafficked Persons: An Indonesian sample Summary: The true extent of people trafficking is difficult to gauge, in part because of low levels of reporting and identification of trafficked persons, the clandestine nature of the crime, and a lack of reliable data and systematic data collections, The data collected by the International Organization for Migration in its Counter Trafficking Module Database is unique in the breadth and depth of information collected regarding the experiences of trafficked persons. The IOM Indonesia CTM database holds information relating to 3,701 trafficked Indonesians between January 2005 and January 2010. In this paper, the experiences of this group of trafficked persons is compared and contrasted against the existing literature in order to strengthen knowledge about the nature of people trafficking in the southeast Asian region. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2013. 8p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 449: Accessed May 28, 2013 at: http://aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/441-460/tandi449.html Year: 2013 Country: Australia URL: http://aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/441-460/tandi449.html Shelf Number: 128837 Keywords: Forced LaborHuman Trafficking (Australia)Sexual ExploitationVictims of Crimes |
Author: Lyneham, Samantha Title: Human Trafficking Involving Marriage and Partner Migration to Australia Summary: In this report, what is known about human trafficking involving marriage and partner migration to Australia is described, drawing on primary information obtained from victim/survivor testimonies, stakeholder knowledge and expertise, and reported cases that progressed through the Australian justice system. While past research has focused on commercial labour and sexual exploitation, this report draws attention to trafficking that can occur in non-commercial contexts. Although forced marriage has increasingly gained attention over the past three years and a small number of legal proceedings have substantiated attempted or actual cases of forced marriage involving girls and young women, less attention has been paid to the exploitation of migrant brides in other ways. This research is the first in Australia to confirm that marriage has been used to recruit or attract women to Australia for the purposes of exploitation as domestic servants, to provide private or commercial sexual services and/or to be exploited in the home as wives. The lack of data and information on human trafficking generally, and on human trafficking involving marriage and partner migration specifically, has implications for the way the problem is conceptualised, measured and responded to. While current knowledge in related areas, such as violence against women in general, violence against migrant spouses, domestic violence and sexual violence, can provide information on the context and environment in which human trafficking involving intimate partner relationships can occur, this research provides the first evidence of this form of human trafficking in Australia. Although exploratory in nature, this research makes a significant contribution to the limited body of knowledge on exploitative marriages in the context of human trafficking, providing an initial insight into the nature of this crime. Further, more detailed assessment, is required to understand the extent of the problem and to inform prevention, detection and enforcement strategies. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2014. 83p. Source: Internet Resource: Research and Public Policy Series no. 124: Accessed June 14, 2014 at: http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/rpp/124/rpp124.pdf Year: 2014 Country: Australia URL: http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/rpp/124/rpp124.pdf Shelf Number: 132457 Keywords: Human Trafficking (Australia)ImmigrationMarriageMigrant BridesMigrant VictimsSex IndustrySlavery |
Author: Australia. Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Title: Trading Lives: Modern Day Human Trafficking Summary: Trafficking in persons, slavery and slavery-like practices is an egregious violation of an individual's human rights. Trafficking and slavery victims are exploited physically, emotionally and mentally and the effects of this trauma can be long lasting and destructive. Trafficking in persons, slavery and slavery-like practices are some of the fastest growing criminal activities in the world. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that between 2002 and 2011 there were over 20 million victims of forced labour globally. In 2009, the ILO also estimated that the annual global profits from trafficked forced labourers were around US$32 million. This equates to a profit of US$13,000 for each woman, man and child trafficked into forced labour. The crimes of trafficking in persons, slavery and slavery-like practices place an additional economic burden on each country. Funding is provided for resources devoted to its prevention, the treatment and support of victims and the apprehension and prosecution of offenders. Every country around the world is affected, including Australia. Since 2004 the Australian Federal Police have undertaken more than 375 investigations and assessments into allegations of trafficking in persons, slavery and slavery-like practices. 209 suspected victims of trafficking in persons and slavery were provided government support through the Support for Trafficked People Program, and there have now been 17 convictions for slavery, slavery-like and trafficking in persons offences. The Committee acknowledges the steps taken by the Government to strengthen Australia's criminal justice framework, establishing additional offences of forced marriage, forced labour, organ trafficking and harbouring a victim in the Criminal Code. Australia has an opportunity to maximise its effectiveness by implementing a suite of mechanisms and tools to combat these crimes and increase support for its victims at the national and international level. Details: Canberra: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2013. 157p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 28, 2014 at: http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=jfadt/slavery_people_trafficking/report.htm Year: 2013 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=jfadt/slavery_people_trafficking/report.htm Shelf Number: 129905 Keywords: Child LaborForced LaborHuman Trafficking (Australia) |
Author: Bricknell, Samantha Title: Exploring the feasibility of an enhanced monitoring program on human trafficking and slavery Summary: The implementation of measures to improve and standardise the collection of statistical information on human trafficking and slavery is listed as an Action Item in the Australian Government's National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery 2015-19 (AGD 2015). The key outcome attached to this Action Item is the development of an enhanced monitoring program on human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like practices. As part of its Human Trafficking and Slavery Research Program, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has undertaken an examination of the feasibility and logistics of monitoring human trafficking and slavery as it affects Australia and the options available to perform this monitoring activity. The ultimate purpose of the exercise was to: develop a conceptual framework and dataset that provides a more comprehensive description of human trafficking and slavery than is currently available; and determine if such a monitoring program is practical or whether other monitoring options should be considered. The AIC determined six critical steps to fulfil the examination; that is: the establishment and refinement of a conceptual framework, indicator themes and associated indicators; a stocktake and evaluation of data that is collated from relevant government and non-government agencies; an assessment of the data that is needed to support information requirements; configuration of a proposed monitoring program-selected indicators and data sources; the development of a data collection tool and data specifications; and an assessment of the program's readiness for implementation, including pilot testing. In this report, the findings from the first four steps of the development phase (defined as Phase One) are described, as well as alternative options for monitoring human trafficking and slavery. Phase Two, which will proceed if stakeholders opt for the enhanced monitoring program, will involve the development and pilot testing of the data collection tool(s) and associated processes. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2015. 78p. Source: Internet Resource: Technical and background paper series no.59: Accessed March 4, 2015 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tbp/tbp059/tbp059.pdf Year: 2015 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tbp/tbp059/tbp059.pdf Shelf Number: 134746 Keywords: Child Sexual ExploitationChild TraffickingHuman SlaveryHuman Trafficking (Australia)Sexual Exploitation |